Tag: pandemic

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Migrations Chief admits Argentine borders with neighboring countries may reopen soon, depending on vaccination rate

  

  Argentina's Migrations Director Florencia Carignano Monday said reopening borders with neighbouring countries was under consideration for when vaccination has reached a larger number of people.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay's yearly inflation set at 7.33% after Monday's figures

  

  Uruguay's yearly Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.33% as per data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), slightly above the government's target.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo hope to find more missing grandchildren thanks to covid-19 vaccination pictures

  

  Argentine victims of disappearances and child abductions during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 are relying on vaccination efforts to help them find some of their 300 missing grandchildren.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden hosts his first 4th of July celebration as US President

  

  US President Joseph Biden Sunday hosted a party at the White House marking the 245th Anniversary of his country's Declaration of Independence.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Chile's economy grows 18.1% thanks to pension withdrawals and state emergency funding

  

  Chile's Central Bank Thursday reported an 18.1% economic growth in May, which has brought it back to the pace of prepandemic levels.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentina's economy keeps falling, INDEC data shows

  

  Economic activity in Argentina fell 1.2% monthly in April and accumulated three months of decline, according to data released Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC).

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina falls down to worst place to be during pandemic according to Bloomberg ranking – US the best

  

  The United States is now the best country to be during the coronavirus pandemic while Argentina is the worst option, according to a list of 53 nations reviewed by economy media outlet Bloomberg released Monday.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 08:15 UTC

  Vaccinated people wear masks, avoid crowds and keep social distance, WHO officials insist

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) officials have urged even fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks and to keep taking other measures to prevent infection.

• Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine top migrations official says those who left the country knew borders could be closed

  

  Argentine Migrations Director Florencia Carignano said this weekend in a radio interview that those who left the country before the entry of airborne passengers was reduced from 2,000 to 600 a day -or two flights- should have known this could happen.